Trump posts Sen. Tom Cotton’s phone number over dispute about daylight saving time bill
Trump criticized Cotton’s opposition to the bill and posted a cellphone number he claimed belonged to the senator.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYArkansas Advocate is a regional news outlet with an identifiable author and original local reporting. The story attributes statements to named figures and their public posts, though it offers limited independent verification of the phone number.
- Source type — A local news outlet reporting on an Arkansas senator and Senate candidate.
- Transparency — The story identifies public posts and a television interview as sources for attributed remarks.
- Author attribution — The article names its author.
- Editorial standards — The article reads as reported news, but the text alone provides limited evidence about correction practices.
The article uses named sources and attributes the competing positions, including direct quotations. It gives limited context on the bill and does not independently establish whether the posted number belongs to Cotton.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The story presents Cotton’s reasoning, Trump’s criticism, and other lawmakers’ contrasting views. It provides little broader context or independent analysis of the policy or the phone-number claim.
- Counterarguments presented — Includes support for permanent daylight saving time, opposition to it, and Kelly’s alternative proposal.
- Source diversity — Quotes officials from both parties and a Senate candidate.
- Omitted context — Offers limited explanation of the bill’s history or independent verification of the number.
- Loaded language — “Tirade” adds a modestly critical note to the description of Trump’s post.
The article reports the dispute and quotes people taking different positions without endorsing a side. The term “tirade” is mildly critical of Trump, but the overall framing is straightforward.
- Language tone — Mostly factual language, with “tirade” as a mildly charged description.
- Source selection — Includes statements from Trump, Cotton, Shoffner, Kelly and Kennedy.
- Framing — Centers the phone-number post and the daylight-saving dispute without arguing for a policy outcome.
President Donald Trump posted a cellphone number he claimed belonged to Sen. Tom Cotton while criticizing Cotton’s opposition to a bill making daylight saving time permanent. Cotton defended his position, while other lawmakers and Senate candidate Hallie Shoffner offered differing views on the bill and Trump’s post.
The article reports that Trump posted a number he claimed belonged to Cotton during a social-media attack over Cotton’s opposition to the Sunshine Protection Act. The bill passed the House with bipartisan support but faced bipartisan opposition in the Senate. Cotton said permanent daylight saving time could leave Arkansas children going to school in the dark during winter mornings.
Shoffner said she supports permanent daylight saving time but considers affordability more important. Sen. Mark Kelly argued for permanent standard time, while Sen. John Kennedy criticized Trump for sharing Cotton’s number.
Community verdict
19 VOTESPeople in this story
SWIPE →President who posted a number he claimed belonged to Cotton and criticized Cotton’s position
Senator who opposed the bill making daylight saving time permanent
Cotton's version of this story ↗Democratic Senate candidate who supports making daylight saving time permanent
Senator who criticized Trump for sharing Cotton’s number
Senator who advocated permanent standard time
Part of a bigger story
50 OUTLETSOutlets agree that Trump posted a number he identified as Sen. Tom Cotton’s and urged Arkansans to contact him in support of permanent daylight saving time. The House had passed the measure, but it remained stalled in the Senate. Left-leaning outlets focus on the phone-number post as a pressure tactic and its fallout, often criticizing Trump’s conduct. Center outlets largely recount the policy dispute, Cotton’s objections, and the phone-number post in descriptive terms. Right-leaning outlets emphasize Trump’s push to advance the bill and Cotton’s opposition, while also reporting the post and criticism it drew.
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